Wonka Ball April 26
About Face Theatre celebrates its 17th year with "Wonka Ball 2013: Circus Maximus" on Friday, April 26, at 8 p.m. at Architectural Artifacts, 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave.
The Ringmaster's VIP cocktail party will be at 7 p.m.
The annual gala includes a silent auction, the presentation of the 2013 Leppen Leadership Awards and the About Face Youth Theatre MVP Award. Activist Mary Morten will receive the 2013 Leppen Leadership Award from About Face Theatre.
General-admissions tickets are $135. (VIP passes are $135 plus a $100 tax-deductible contribution.) See www.aboutfacetheatre.com or call 773-784-8565.
Bodies of Work Festival May 15-25
The Bodies of Work Festivalwhich perceives disability art as playing a key role in articulating what disability means personally, politically and aesthetically"will take place May 15-25 at multiple venues.
Eleven cultural/academic institutions and community groups are participating: Access Living's Disability Arts and Culture Project, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Hyde Park Art Center, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago, Lookingglass Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Poetry Foundation, Raven Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Woman Made Gallery.
The opening celebration will take place Wed., May 15, 6-8:30 p.m., at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Randolph St.
See www.bodiesofworkchicago.org/festival/2013-festival.html .
Nora Dunn at May 2 event
Sven Asmus and Arica Hilton welcome actress and Saturday Night Live alum Nora Dunn for the fundraiser "Myths and Legends" on Thursday, May 2, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the Hilton-Asmus Gallery, 716 N. Wells St.
Dunn's solo piece Mythical Proportions premieres in Chicago Aug. 20 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.
The $75 tax-deductible donation includes a single-bites dinner provided by Wicker Park's Enoteca Roma; an open bar featuring beer, wine and a special designer cocktail; and five-star desserts by Chana Zelig.
Visit www.mythicalproportions.com .